Van Hit By Truck

2 Killed

September 23, 1995|By JENNIFER ANDES Daily Press

NEWPORT NEWS — Two women returning from a church function were killed late Friday when a pickup truck slammed into their Dodge Caravan on Oyster Point Road at the Palmer Lane intersection, police said.

Police would not release the identities of the deceased late Friday, but spokeswoman Patty Mahaffy said they were from Richmond.

The driver of the pickup, Jeffrey T. Askew, 41, of the 1200 block of Tulip Street in Hampton, has been charged with driving while intoxicated, Mahaffy said.

FOR THE RECORD - Published correction ran Sunday, September 24, 1995.A photo caption on the front page of Saturday's Local section incorrectly said an automobile accident occurred on Victory Boulevard. The accident was on Oyster Point Road.

Askew and the four remaining occupants of the van were being treated for minor injuries at Riverside Regional Medical Center, Mahaffy said.

All of the people in the van were from Richmond attending a Baptist minister's retirement celebration in Newport News, she said.

The van entered the intersection from Palmer, attempting to turn east onto Oyster Point, Mahaffy said.

The pickup, a 1976 Ford F-150, was heading west on Oyster Point when it slammed into the left rear of the van, she said.

One woman who died was sitting in the back of the van near the point of impact. The other woman was thrown 20 to 30 feet from the van and landed in the left turn lane of Oyster Point, headed east.

Both vehicles were upright in the westbound lanes of Oyster Point. All but one lane of traffic was closed heading eastbound on Oyster Point, and all westbound traffic was rerouted around the crash site.